The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFS), and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in the framework of the Global Health Security (GHS) Program, launched the Second Cohort of In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) program in Sierra Leone. The training aims to strengthen the capacities of veterinarians and para-veterinary professionals to improve Sierra Leone’s capacity of detection...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba who presides over Court-martial trial, has on Thursday, June 27, 2024, dismissed the no case submissions made by defense counsels on behalf of six soldiers who are standing trial on 88 counts including mutiny, failure to suppress mutiny, murder, aiding the enemy, communicating with the enemy, conspiracy to commit mutiny and other related offences. During their ‘No case to answer submission, counsels...Read More
Top of Form By Stephen V. Lansana Kumba Manchendeh, and Sahr Mbayo (not their real names) are all transported to mining communities by their foster parents. They took them to the communities with the hope of giving them a better life, but later both minors ended working at the mining sites as laborers. Kumba is 17, an orphan who works as labourer at the Waka Fast mining site at Catanga...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Dasu Jawara and Mariama Jawara on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, appeared before Magistrate Hadiru Daboh of Kabala Court for allegedly beating their landlord Shekuba Kamara to death. Both accused Dasu Jawara and Mariama Jawara are standing trial before Magistrate Daboh on two counts of conspiracy and murder contrary to law. According to the particulars of offence, on count on, both accused Dasu Jawara and Mariama Jawara on...Read More
By Zainab Kanu Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary (TCS) is an eco-tourism hub in Freetown located on the outskirts of Freetown in the Western Area Peninsular National Park. It focuses on the protection and promotion of the National Animal in Sierra Leone, the chimpanzees since 1995 and also engaged in community development and outreach in different places. On Wednesday 3rd June, 2024, the TCS hosted a football and athletics tournament at the...Read More
